I don't rule with dictatorial impunity, but I would not tolerate a drunk drummer for a second. Not only fired, but I would alert every BL within our musical community. Too few gigs, lots of musicians- weed out the losers.

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Our drummer smokes weed and has a drink after we play, but never before.

People who take up two full parking spaces. When the vocalist puts something in my van wrong and so I have to rearrange it. When the prior band takes forever and a day to get their stuff off the stage. When none of the other bands want to arrange a way for us to all share gear despite everyone using some variation of the same goddamn 4x12 cab, so there are a bajillion of them taking up space in the venue. When some dipstick has put a drink or something on something of mine. Other bands spilling their drinks on the stage, so now my cables are going to get wet and sticky and gross. Morons trying to drive down Hemlock Alley in SF while bands are loading out and honking their horns because their way is blocked, the idiots. People standing in the way when I'm carrying stuff or rolling my cab and amp. Etc.

Until you learn how to coil cords using the over-under, please stay away from everyone's cables and cords. If you want to helpful show up early to a rehersal, and ask to be taught. Gig night is not the time to learn.
Over-under helps with improving cable and cord life. Fewer kinks

Our band uses fill in when we play. I help set up the backline run my cables against the wall and tie into the backline. Then the KB comes in unplugs my cords from my power strip and complains he does not have enough recpts for his equipment. He doesnt provide a power strip The BL asks me to move, so l move only place is next to food table. I end getting knocked around like a pin ball. Yes, I'm not playing then I hear I don't hear the bass.
I am vocal about lack of space, not loud, but not backing down.
The way I figure it, every is given one channel on the channel amp. Every one has to provide a DI equiv. BL has say on volume including any players
These rules are written. The BL is a dictator by our choice.

Spouse And I headed a fiesta where 5 groups were giving their Time, they were making money selling merch. The foh, who would be paid, the gentleman ran his snake right the middle of the dance floor. Additionly the fiesta staff had to move food through a pathway also blocked by the snake. When told the snake was tripping hazard, and the snake was subject to damage (being run over). The foh then said my contract says the fiesta is responsible, for damage. The foh was told to move the snake (this a couple hours before the first band is to play.) The foh threatened to bail. He was told he could go, but he would have to haul outside the pedestrian area. I told him, to expect a treble damage suit exposing him to a possible loss of 80,000.
The foh ran cable overhead out of harms way. A letter was sent to an organization that had oversight over the organization holding the fiesta. A letter was sent to the pbs station who had recommended the foh.
We even ran a special circuit so the foh could power his equipment.
Bottom line foh was there for our convience. We could operate without The foh. The bands could provide the equipment and the show. Would go on. (Most band's chose not to tie into the foh's system.